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IRR Outstanding
Selected recordings are highlighted with the accolade IRR OUTSTANDING. The identification of such recordings has been made by individual reviewers. The selected release is illustrated in the review with a reproduction of the sleeve and the IRR OUTSTANDING logo.
Outstanding in the March 2015 edition
Vaughan Williams New
Pastoral Symphonya. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’. The Wasps – Overture.
aSarah Fox (soprano); Hallé/Mark Elder.
Hallé CDHLL7540 (medium price, 1 hour 4 minutes). Website www.halle.co.uk. Producer Andrew Keener. Engineers Simon Eadon, Dave Rowell. Dates November 3rd and 4th, 2012, aSeptember 9th and 10th, 2013.
Walton New CD/SACD
Symphony No. 2. Cello Concertoa. Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Brittenb.
aPaul Watkins (cello); BBC Symphony Orchestra/Edward Gardner.
Chandos CHSA5153 (full price, 1 hour 10 minutes). Website www.chandos.net. Producer Brian Pidgeon. Engineers Ralph Couzens, Jonathan Cooper, bRosanna Fish, Robert Gilmour. Dates bSeptember 18th-19th, 2013, October 28th-29th, 2014.
Menahem Pressler:
A 90th Birthday Celebration
Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 in A, B155a.
Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D667, ‘The Trout’b. Die Forelle, D550c. Winterreise, D911c – No. 5, Der Lindenbaum; No. 11, Frühlingstraum; No. 15, Die Krähe; No. 24, Der Leiermann. Chopin Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. posth. Debussy String Quartet in G minor – Andantino.
Menahem Pressler (piano); Quatuor Ebène (aPierre Colombet, Gabriel Le Magadure, violins; Mathieu Herzog, viola; Raphaël Merlin, cello) with cChristoph Prégardien (tenor); bBenjamin Berlioz (double bass).
Erato 2564 62596-4 (1 hour 56 minutes). Also includes a CD, containing a selection from the music listed above (1 hour 16 minutes). Website www.warnerclassics.com. NTSC. DVD 5. PCM Stereo 2.0. DVD Director Sébastien Glas. DVD Producer Pierre-Martin Juban. Date Live performance at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, on November 7th, 2014.
Romance oubliée New CD/SACD
Glazunov Élégie in G minor, Op. 44. Kodály Adagio. Kreisler Romance. Aucassin and Nicolette. Liszt Romance oubliée, S132. Sitt Sechs Albumblätter, Op. 39. Vierne Deux Pièces. Vieuxtemps Élégie, Op. 30. Wieniawski Rêverie in F sharp minor.
Tabea Zimmermann (viola); Thomas Hoppe (piano).
Myrios Classics MYR014 (full price, 1 hour 4 minutes). Website www.myriosmusic.com. Producer/Engineer Stephan Cahen. Date August 2014
J. S. Bach New
Das wohltemperierte Klavier, Books 1 and 2, BWV846-93.
John Butt (harpsichord).
Linn Records CKD463 (medium price, four discs, 3 hours 33 minutes). Website www.linn records.com. Producer Philip Hobbs. Engineer Julia Thomas. Dates July 15th-18th, 2013.
Pärt Tintinnnabuli. New
I Am the True Vine. Magnificat. Sieben Magnificat-Antiphonen. Nunc dimittis. Triodion. Which Was the Son of … . Tribute to Caesar. The Woman with the Alabaster Box.
The Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips.
Gimell CDGIM049 (full price, 1 hour 7 minutes). English/German/Latin texts and English/French/German translations included. Website www.gimell.com. Producers/Engineers Steve C. Smith, Peter Phillips. Date 2014.
Rameau
Daphnis et Églé.
Reinoud van Mechelen (tenor) Daphnis; Élodie Fonnard (soprano) Églé; Magali Léger (soprano) Cupid.
La Naissance d’Osiris.
Magali Léger (soprano) Pamilie; Arnaud Richard (bass-baritone) Grand Prêtre; Pierre Bessière (baritone) Jupiter; Sean Clayton (tenor) Berger. Les Arts Florissants/William Christie.
Alpha ALPHA704 (1 hour 47 minutes). Subtitles in English/French/German/Spanish. Website www.outhere-music .com. NTSC. 16:9. DVD 9. Region 0. PCM Stereo. Dolby Digital 5.1. Stage Director Sophie Daneman. Video Director François-René Martin. DVD Producer Julien Dubois. Dates Live performances at the Théâtre de Caen, Paris, on June 7th and 8th, 2014.
Outstanding in the February 2015 edition
Havergal Brian The Tigers
Feature article on pages 12-13
Testament SBT3 1496, three discs, 2 hours 41 minutes
Nareh Arghamanyan New CD/SACD
Khachaturian Piano Concerto in D flat.
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26.
Nareh Arghamanyan (piano); Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin/Alain Altinoglu.
Pentatone PTC5186 510 (full price, 1 hour 7 minutes). Website www.pentatonemusic.com. Producer Job Maarse. Engineer Roger de Schot. Date October 2013.
Prokofiev New
Symphonies – No. 1 in D, Op. 25, ‘Classical’; No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40. Sinfonietta in A, Op. 48. Autumnal, Op. 8.
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Kirill Karabits.
Onyx Classics ONYX4139 (full price, 1 hour 19 minutes). Website www.onyxclassics.com. Producer Andrew Walton. Engineer Mike Clements. Date June 2014.
R. Strauss New
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40a. Vier letzte Lieder, TrV296b.
aAnna Netrebko (soprano); Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim.
DG 479 3964 (full price, 1 hour 8 minutes). German texts and English/French translations included. Website www.deutschegrammophon.com. Producer Friedemann Engelbrecht. Engineers René Möller, Clemens Deller. Date Live performances at the Philharmonie, Berlin, in August 2014.
Outstanding in the January 2015 edition
Mahler DVD
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor.
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Riccardo Chailly.
Accentus Music ACC20284/also available on Blu-ray ACC10284 (1 hour 14 minutes). Includes discussion with Riccardo Chailly and Reinhold Kubik (30 minutes). Subtitles in Chinese/English/German/Korean. Website www.accentus.com. NTSC. 16:9. DVD 9. Region 0. PCM Stereo. Dolby Digital 5.1. DTS 5.1. Video Director Henning Kastein. Video Producer Paul Smaczny. Audio Producer Sebastian Braun. DVD Producer Günter Atteln. Dates Live performances at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig, on February 21st and 22nd, 2013.
Mahler DVD
Symphony No. 9 in D.
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Riccardo Chailly.
Accentus Music ACC20299/also available on Blu-ray ACC10299 (1 hour 26 minutes). Includes discussion with Riccardo Chailly and Henry-Louis de la Grange (29 minutes). Subtitles in Chinese/English/German/Korean. NTSC. 16:9. DVD 9. Region 0. PCM Stereo. Dolby Digital 5.1. DTS 5.1. Video Director Ute Feudel. Video Producer Paul Smaczny. Audio Producer Sebastian Braun. DVD Producer Günter Atteln. Dates Live performances at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig, on September 6th-8th, 2013.
Mozart New
Horn Concertosa – No. 1 in D, K412/K386b; No. 2 in E flat, K417; No. 3 in E flat, K447; No. 4 in E flat, K495. Horn Quintet in E flat, K407/K386cb.
Pip Eastop (natural horn); bEroica Quartet (Peter Hanson, violin; Vicci Wardman, Ian Rathbone, violas; David Watkin, cello);aThe Hanover Band/Anthony Halstead.
Hyperion CDA68097 (full price, 1 hour 13 minutes). Website www.hyperion-records.co.uk. Producer/Engineer Adrian Hunter. Producer Anthony Halstead. Dates bFebruary 18th, 2011, aOctober 15th-18th, 2013.
Ravel New
Orchestral Works, Volume 2.
Une barque sur l’océan. Fanfare pour L´éventail de Jeanne. Ma mère l’oye. Menuet antique. Pavane pour une infante défunte. Shéhérazade.
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR/ Stéphane Denève.
Hänssler Classic CD93.325 (full price, 1 hour 6 minutes). Website www.haenssler-classic.de. Producer Andreas Priemer. Engineer Martin Vögele. Dates September 9th-13th, 2013, January 16th-17th and July 30th, 2014.
Schubert New
Symphonies – No. 2 in B flata, D125; No. 6 in C, D589b.
Sinfonieorchester Basel/Dennis Russell Davies.
Sinfonieorchester Basel SOB07 (full price,59 minutes). Website www.solo-musica.de. Producer Andreas Werner. Engineer Jakob Handel. Dates Live performances at the Stadt-casino, Basel, on aAugust 28th-29th and bNovember 12th-14th, 2013
Sculthorpe New CD/Blu-ray Audio
String Quartets – No. 12, ‘From Ubirr’a; No. 14, ‘Quamby’b; No. 16a; No. 18b.
Stephen Kent (didgeridoos); Del Sol String Quartet (Kate Stenberg, Rick Shinozaki, violins; Charlton Lee, viola; Kathryn Bates, cello).
Sono Luminus DSL92181 (medium price, two CDs and one Blu-ray Audio, 1 hour 22 minutes). Website www.sonoluminus.com. Producer Dan Mercurio. Engineer Daniel Shores. Dates aJune 24th and 25th, 2013, bApril 21st and 22nd, 2014.
J. S. Bach New
Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV690. Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV691. Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV706. Jesus, meine Zuversicht, BWV728. English Suites – No. 2 in A minor, BWV807; No. 6 in D minor, BWV811. Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV944 – Fantasia. Italian Concerto in F, BWV971.
Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord).
Mirare MIR251 (full price, 1 hour 14 minutes). Website www.mirare.fr. Producer Nicolas Bartholomée. Engineer Céline Grangey. Dates January and April 2014.
Mendelssohn New
Lieder ohne Worte – E, Op. 19b No. 1; A minor, Op. 19b No. 6; F sharp minor, Op. 30 No. 6; A flat, Op. 38 No. 6; Op. 53: No. 1 in A flat; No. 3 in G minor; A minor, Op. 62 No. 5; Op. 67: No. 1 in E flat; No. 2 in F sharp minor; No. 3 in B flat; No. 6 in E; D, Op. 85 No. 4; Op. 102: No. 1 in E minor; No. 4 in G minor; No. 6 in C. Rondo capriccioso in E, Op. 14. Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op. 35 No. 1. Variations sérieuses in D minor, Op. 54. Variations in E flat, Op. 82.
Javier Perianes (piano).
Harmonia Mundi HMC902195 (full price, 1 hour 17 minutes). Website www.harmonia mundi.com. Producer Martin Sauer. Engineer René Möller. Date April 2013.
Moulinié New
Meslanges pour la Chapelle d’un Prince. Cantate Domino. Caro mea vere est cibus. Dum esset rex. Ecce video. Ego flos campi. Flores apparuerunt. Lauda Sion salvatorem. Litanies de la Vierge. Magi videntes stellam. Ne reminiscaris Domine. O bone Jesu (two versions). O dulce nomen. O salutaris hostia. Veni sponsa mea. Boësset Jesu nostra redemptio. Popule meus quid fecit tibi/Pie Jesu. de Chancy Allemandes – C; G. Constantin La Pacifique.
Ensemble Correspondances/Sébastien Daucé (harpsichord/organ).
Harmonia Mundi HMC902194 (full price, 1 hour 6 minutes). Latin texts and English/French translations included. Website www.harmoniamundi.com. Producer Alban Moraud. Engineer Clément Ruffini. Date February 2014.
Vivaldi Pietà. New
Gloria in D, RV589 – Dominus Deus. Salve regina in G minor, RV618. Stabat mater in F minor, RV621. Clarae stellae, scintillate, RV625. Longe mala, umbrae, terrores, RV629. Filiae maestae Jerusalem, RV638. Concerto for Strings in C minor, RV120.
Ensemble Artaserse/Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor).
Erato 2564 62581-0 (full price, 1 hour 19 minutes). Latin texts and English/ French/ German translations included. Website www.warnerclassics.com. Producer Étienne Collard. Engineer Michel Pierre. Dates March 20th-28th, 2014.
Fede e Amor New
Caldara Joaz – Così a fiume. Morte e sepoltura di Christo – Languire, morire. Casati Salve regina. Conti Il David perseguitato da Saul – Fuggo d’una in altra selva. La Distruzione d’Haj – Se potesse la mia mente. Fux Jesu Christo nell’orto – Dal limbo già ti chiama. Sonate a 3 – E68; K365; K379. Porsile Il Trionfo di Giuditta – La sovrana eterna mente. Tůma Sonata a 4. Ziani Alma redemptoris mater.
Alex Potter (countertenor); Ensemble La Fontaine.
Ramée RAM1304 (full price, 1 hour 20 minutes). Italian/Latin texts and English/French translations included. Website www.outhere-music.com. Producer/Engineer Rainer Arndt. Date October 2012.
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